D&D (2024) How Does Greyhawk Fit In To The New Edition?

According to Game Informer — “the surprising importance and inclusions of what is arguably the oldest D&D campaign setting of them all – Greyhawk.”

So how does Greyhawk fit in? According to GI, the new 2024 Dungeon Master’s Guide contains a sample setting—and that setting is, indeed, Greyhawk. Not only that, but the book will come with a double-sided poster map with the City of Greyhawk on one side and the Flannaes on the other—the eastern part of one of Oerth’s four continents.

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Even as the multiverse of D&D worlds sees increased attention, the Dungeon Master's Guide also offers a more discrete setting to get gaming groups started. After very few official releases in the last couple of decades, the world of Greyhawk takes center stage. The book fleshes out Greyhawk to illustrate how to create campaign settings of your own. Greyhawk was the original D&D game world crafted by D&D co-creator Gary Gygax, and a worthy setting to revisit on the occassion of D&D's golden anniversary. It's a world bristling with classic sword and sorcery concepts, from an intrigue-laden central city to wide tracts of uncharted wilderness. Compared to many D&D campaign settings, it's smaller and less fleshed out, and that's sort of the point; it begs for DMs to make it their own. The book offers ample info to bring Greyhawk to life but leaves much undetailed. For those eager to take the plunge, an included poster map of the Greyhawk setting sets the tone, and its reverse reveals a map of the city of the same name. "A big draw to Greyhawk is it's the origin place for such heroes as Mordenkainen, Tasha, and others," Perkins says. "There's this idea that the players in your campaign can be the next great world-hopping, spell-crafting heroes of D&D. It is the campaign where heroes are born."

- Game Informer​

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[Mournblade94]

Racists will always try to come up with a justification as to why their beliefs are not racist.

Often, it involves religion.

On that we agree! Inherently evil monsters and game constructs are not a racist belief. Next your going to tell me D&D Is Satanic.

 

[Paul Farquhar]

On that we agree! Inherently evil monsters and game constructs are not a racist belief. Next you’re going to tell me D&D Is Satanic.

No, that would also be invoking religion to justify persecution.

 

[Azzy]

Settings have locations and histories, not just proprietary names. How much of that was evident in the 3e era? How many Greyhawk-branded products were there? Anything beyond Living Greyhawk? I'm not sure, but I know it was a lot fewer than any other supported major setting at the time.

The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer was a comprehensive book. Greyhawk items (like the Knight of the Watch prestige class, etc.) were specifically Greyhawk-flavored. Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron all featured Greyhawk materials—there's a lot of Paizohawk material. There was also the Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, Retrn to the Temple of Elemental Evil, and some other modules. The Living Greyhawk campaign should not be discounted—there is a metric butt load of Living Greyhawk material.

 

[Mournblade94]

No, that would also be invoking religion to justify persecution.

Somewhere else we agree!

 

[Mournblade94]

The Living Greyhawk Gazetteer was a comprehensive book. Greyhawk items (like the Knight of the Watch prestige class, etc.) were specifically Greyhawk-flavored. Dragon, Dungeon, and Polyhedron all featured Greyhawk materials—there's a lot of Paizohawk material. There was also the Expedition to the Ruins of Greyhawk, Retrn to the Temple of Elemental Evil, and some other modules. The Living Greyhawk campaign should not be discounted—there is a metric butt load of Living Greyhawk material.

I was really into FOrgotten Realms after I played in Greyhawk for a while. I never really read anything beyond the AD&D Hardcover and original campaign set. But I always wanted to develop a campaign in 3rd edition Greyhawk. Reading Forgotten Realms material really kept me busy for everything other than Planescape.

 

[Azzy]

Doing it right... would mean limiting options.

I reject that entirely—Greyhawk always grew to embrace whatever TSR published in 1e. 2e continued with that trend. So did 3e. Greyhawk is not a curated setting—it's a kitchen sink.

 

[Azzy]

Sorry, when I realises there were too many pages to read all.

My question is simple, does this mean Greyhawk will be unlocked in DMGuild?

Currently unknown, but here's hoping.

 

[Mournblade94]

I reject that entirely—Greyhawk always grew to embrace whatever TSR published in 1e. 2e continued with that trend. So did 3e. Greyhawk is not a curated setting—it's a kitchen sink.

You're welcome too reject it . A Mos Eisley pub in Greyhawk city just wouldn't seem very Greyhawk to me. I limit races to pretty much 3rd edition Forgotten Realms Campaign guide. Even in 5e I don't allow races outside the Players handbook in my own campaigns but I pretty much Run 3rd edition and Castles and Crusades now for the fantasy genre

 

[Azzy]

I will again reference the 1e/2e setting book Greyhawk Adventures.

That's not a setting book. There is nothing on the geography (past some specifice, unuual locations (like Torvag Baragu, and the Sea of Dust). You can't run a Greyhawk campaign with this book.

 

[Mournblade94]

That's not a setting book. There is nothing on the geography (past some specifice, unuual locations (like Torvag Baragu, and the Sea of Dust). You can't run a Greyhawk campaign with this book.

I had the second printing of the Original Box as well. Most of the AD&D Letter series were Greyhawk, so if you had a map and that book you could do it. But I lost mine ages ago. I only have the Dragon Lance one now.